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Renovation
fromArchDaily
5 days ago

Building with Trees: Rethinking Architecture's Relationship to Site

Preserving existing trees can influence architectural design and space organization rather than being treated as mere landscape additions.
Environment
fromNature
6 days ago

How buildings and cities can be aligned with life

Buildings currently harm the environment, but regenerative design can restore ecological systems and reduce waste through nature-inspired strategies.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The start of the healing process': the vital work to restore Britain's peatlands

Peat bogs provide huge value to humans and the environment. When healthy, they store twice as much carbon as all the world's forests, reducing global emissions.
Environment
Portland
fromPortland Monthly
2 weeks ago

Oregon Nursery Rancho Cacto Is All About the Succulents

Rancho Cacto, founded by Molly Malecki near Aurora, Oregon, cultivates thousands of cacti and succulents across multiple greenhouses, supplying over 50 regional plant shops following the pandemic-driven houseplant boom.
Photography
fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 weeks ago

"Tree Work" by Photographer Reave Dennison

Photographer Reave Dennison documents maritime and forestry labour in British Columbia through silver gelatin prints and a new photography book featuring tugboat and logging work.
Canada news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

When the Forest Breathes by Suzanne Simard review the Indiana Jones of trees returns

Suzanne Simard's research demonstrates that trees communicate and exchange resources through fungal networks, fundamentally changing understanding of forest ecosystems and their carbon recovery capacity.
Environment
fromHigh Country News
1 week ago

Why intentional fires can still be safe during this dry spring - High Country News

Prescribed and cultural burning is essential for managing vegetation and preventing wildfires in the West, even during dry conditions.
Online marketing
fromSocial Media Explorer
3 weeks ago

Scrolling for Shade: What Homeowners are Actually Searching for Regarding Tree Care - Social Media Explorer

Social media tree-trimming trends prioritize aesthetics over proper arboriculture; professional pruning serves biological functions like wind resistance, not just visual appeal.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Nearly three-quarters of England's woods inaccessible to public, study finds

73% of English woodland is publicly inaccessible, with ancient trees particularly restricted, prompting campaigns for right-to-roam legislation.
London food
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Plant a blossom tree in your garden and feel its magic for years to come

Blossom trees provide year-round garden interest with spring flowers and autumn foliage color, requiring minimal maintenance while offering enduring beauty and seasonal celebration opportunities.
Renovation
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago

Prospect Park's secluded Vale of Cashmere getting long-awaited upgrade

Prospect Park's Vale of Cashmere undergoes a $37.5 million restoration project including a new play area, pavilion with composting bathrooms, and completion expected by fall 2027.
#wildfires
fromArs Technica
1 week ago
Environment

Study says roads bring more fires to forests; USDA wants more roads to fight fires

Proposed rule to rescind roadbuilding limits in national forests is criticized as a giveaway to the timber industry, undermining wildfire management claims.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago
California

Before and after: Green returns to Altadena, Pacific Palisades a year after fires

Winter rains and rebuilding efforts have restored vegetation and visible structures in Altadena and Pacific Palisades within a year after the Eaton and Palisades fires.
Environment
fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Study says roads bring more fires to forests; USDA wants more roads to fight fires

Proposed rule to rescind roadbuilding limits in national forests is criticized as a giveaway to the timber industry, undermining wildfire management claims.
SF politics
fromMission Local
3 weeks ago

Meet the District 2 Candidates: Should S.F. loosen rules for planting and removing trees?

Mayor Lurie and Supervisor Wong propose legislation eliminating residents' right to appeal tree removals and allowing developers to pay $2,590 fees instead of planting trees, while Supervisor Sherrill supports the measure despite community opposition.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

My ideas are a little revolutionary': ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics

Wildfires have become an ever bigger problem in Canada. The 2018 wildfires were the biggest in British Columbia's history, but this record was broken in 2021, and then again in 2023, when fires consumed an area three times the size of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and the smoke travelled as far as New York City.
Canada news
Non-profit organizations
fromKqed
4 weeks ago

The Eaton Fire Destroyed Altadena's Lush Greenery. These Volunteers Are Growing It Back | KQED

Community-led reforestation efforts and partnerships are restoring Altadena's green spaces after the devastating 2025 Eaton Fire destroyed homes and native vegetation.
Boston
fromBoston.com
4 weeks ago

Boston tree canopy has expanded, in step with plans for a cleaner, greener city

Boston's tree canopy expanded by 151 acres between 2019 and 2024, increasing citywide coverage to 28.5 percent, driven by growth in public parks and rights-of-way.
Environment
fromHigh Country News
2 weeks ago

The BLM wants to ramp up logging. Oregonians aren't so sure. - High Country News

The BLM plans to increase timber harvesting on 2.5 million acres in western Oregon, including protected old-growth forests, citing wildfire management and Trump administration timber production directives.
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
35 years ago

FOCUS : Trees Have Roots in Placentia Grass Eaters Cult

A modest Orange County neighborhood was built over the site of a 19th-century religious colony called the Placentia Grass Eaters, whose only remaining evidence is two macadamia nut trees marked by a bronze plaque.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 weeks ago

Dublin High student arrested for allegedly cutting down 8 trees on campus

Police here believe they've solved the mystery behind a seemingly random act of nighttime tree-cutting at Dublin High, which caused an estimated $60,000 to $80,000 in damage. The suspect, arrested after being identified through electronic records, is a teen boy who attended the school, authorities said.
London politics
fromKqed
4 weeks ago

Regrowing Altadena's Lush Greenery; Creating Connections Between Music and Memory Loss | KQED

The Eaton Fire was merciless when it came to Altadena's celebrated green spaces, destroying or damaging most of the leafy trees that lined the streets in many neighborhoods. Local advocates are scrambling to restore what was lost and save what's still standing.
Renovation
Environment
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Ancient felled oak tree was healthy, report finds

A 500-year-old oak tree in Enfield was felled despite being healthy with no evidence of danger or disease, according to a Forestry Commission report.
Science
fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

Why do dead leaves stay on trees during winter?

Certain deciduous species, notably oaks and beeches, retain dead leaves through winter (leaf marcescence), a trait with multiple unresolved evolutionary explanations.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Robin Wall Kimmerer, scientist and writer: Capitalism is not a natural phenomenon; it's a choice'

Kimmerer proposes kindness as an act of resistance. We need to equip ourselves with a new language, she explains, something that affirms that this is what it means to be human. In a world where kindness breeds distrust or is scorned, kindness, she affirms, is becoming a militant gesture. When you're kind to someone, it's not universally expected that they'll respond with kindness, but if that seed is planted, both people feel better,
Books
fromEast Bay Express | Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda
2 months ago

Edible ecosystems grow wildly from shoreline to forest

For Staller, foraging is a "precious" and "simple" activity that one can do to connect with nature. They can experience a sense of mindfulness from gathering together, looking for food and then cooking the bounty, she said. "We are returning to the most basic part of being a human, which is eating food and celebrating it," Staller said. "It's a lost artform."
Food & drink
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead

The work suggested that resistance arises from a relatively large number of sites, each with relatively minor effects. For example, the sites in the genome identified by quantitative trait analysis typically boosted resistance by about 10 points on the researchers' 100-point scale. In the genome-wide analysis, 17 individual genetic differences were associated with about a quarter of the heritable resistance traits.
Agriculture
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 months ago

Garden as a Performance

Garden art composes natural materials into picturesque, visually varied vistas—"growing music"—emphasizing harmonious composition, technical craft, and continual temporal change.
fromMission Local
1 month ago

Bayview Buzz: Autozone sets its sights on the old Walgreens, and nine new trees on 3rd

The last pharmacy in the Bayview will be reborn as an Autozone, if Autozone has anything to do with it Autozone submitted a pre-application last month to open a location at the former Walgreens at 5300 3rd St. Walgreens closed there in February 2025, along with eleven other Walgreens across the city. Since then, Bayview has not had a pharmacy. Earl Shaddix, executive director of Economic Development on Third
San Francisco
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Meteorologist Warns That Winter Storm Means Trees Are About to Start Exploding

With a major winter storm about to blast pretty much every US state east of the Rocky Mountains, many are scrambling to prepare for the cold, ice, and snow. And according to popular meteorology influencer Max Schuster, there's yet another winter-weather hazard to watch out for: trees exploding in the frigid air. On a viral post on X-formerly-Twitter, Schuster - who holds a meteorology degree
Science
fromwww.ocregister.com
2 months ago

Wild flower superbloom in Southern California? Experts weigh in on winter rain and what it means for season

First came the heavy winter rains that soaked the soil. Then, the sunny weather not too hot, but just warm enough to fuel the growth. A few more winter rainfalls and Southern California could be ripe for an epic wildflower season in the coming weeks and months. And when they bloom the vibrant colors popping from rolling hills as far as the eye can see thousands of people are bound to seek out their beauty, if past years are any indication.
California
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Developer urged to sell protected ancient woodland

A landowner is urged to sell Gorne Wood in Lewisham at fair market value amid concerns about deterioration and potential development threatening protected ancient woodland.
fromFuncheap
2 months ago

Free Vireya Rhododendron Talk + Door Prize (Atherton)

There is a type of rhododendron which makes a superb container plant, and even performs greatly when pot bound, since many species are epiphytes in nature. https://growplumeriafrangipani.blogspot.com/2011/04/tropical-rhododendron-vireya.html These are vireya rhododendrons. https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v32n1/v32n1-leach.htm https://rhododendron.org/vireya/index.html https://rhododendron.org/vireya/gallery.htm https://www.rhododendron.org/vireya/archive/StevensNRBGE85.pdf https://www.rhododendron.org/vireya/archive/CallardRSF2011.pdf https://www.rhododendron.org/vireya/history.htm http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v46n1/v46n1-moynier.htm Many vireya hybrids were created in the Bay Area, especially at the San Francisco Botanical Garden which was the Strybing Arboretum. https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v45n1/v45n1-morebeck.htm
Agriculture
Environment
fromEarth911
1 month ago

Guest Idea: Late Winter Pruning Optimizes Tree Health for Backyard Carbon Sequestration

Prune backyard trees in late winter to reveal structure, improve health, and increase long-term carbon sequestration by removing nonproductive limbs and promoting stronger growth.
Environment
fromState of the Planet
1 month ago

How Can We Mend Our Living World?

Human, animal, and plant relationships are intertwined; biodiversity decline reshapes these connections and requires rethinking narratives and interdisciplinary approaches to repair the living world.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Plant trees, bushes and evergreens now to give your garden structure

Plant structural trees, hedges and evergreens now, including bare-root specimens, to give winter gardens lasting form and year-round interest.
Environment
fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
2 months ago

Contra Costa's ecosystem being restored, one indigenous plant at a time

Volunteer-led native planting converted Clayton Valley Drain from 5% native cover in 2013 to 100% in 2024, improving habitat and watershed health.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

What the Ice Storm Did to Mississippi

On the Saturday night that the storm hit Mississippi, we had dripped our faucets for the temperature drop and stockpiled flashlights, groceries, extra blankets. By 11:30 p.m., my husband was pulling on his rain boots and heading outside to tarp our heating unit: "A branch has already fallen onto a power line in our backyard," he told me. Three hours later, I was shaken awake. "Mom, I think a tree just fell on our house," my 13-year-old son said.
Environment
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

How Much Do You Really Know About What's Safe To Eat In The Wild?

Nature is truly amazing, but it is also terrifying. Being the homebody that I am, I'm always wondering what would happen if I were ever in a situation where I'd have to survive out in the wild. It's tough out there, y'all. And it's important to know how to make it out alive. Do you think you have what it takes? Take this quiz to find out if you're a born forest lover, or you're better off on the couch like I am. Let's go!
Environment
Environment
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Rewilding Rejects the We're-So-Special Exceptionalism

Rewilding requires rehabilitating human hearts, overcoming self-centeredness, and treating nature with compassion so ecosystems and nonhuman lives can flourish.
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Contra Costa's ecosystem being restored, one indigenous plant at a time

Waterways across Contra Costa County are increasingly threatened by invasive plant species that engulf canals and drains, decreasing biodiversity and reducing safe habitats for wildlife. In an effort to address and restore the environment, the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District is working to reverse that trend. The district hosted its recent 12th annual Giving Natives a Chance event at the Clayton Valley Drain near Concord's Hillcrest Community Park, inviting volunteers from across the county to plant native species around waterways and drains.
Environment
Environment
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

Bay Area old growth redwood preserve set for expansion

Save the Redwoods League will buy 200 acres for $4 million, expanding the Harold Richardson Redwoods Reserve to nearly 1,000 acres.
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